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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Holly Hill Estates (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Holly Hill Estates. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Holly Hill Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Holly Hill Estates: Holly Hill Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Holly Hill Estates is located in Caroline County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caroline County: Kent (DE), Sussex (DE), Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Holly Hill Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holly Hill Estates:
- Caroline County (The home county of Holly Hill Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Ridgely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Oil City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Maple Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Denton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Greensboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Whiteleysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Bridgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Tuckahoe Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Williamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Waddells Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Finchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Hurlock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Reliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- East New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Brookview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Rhodesdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Galestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Cliffs City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Millington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Chestertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Edesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Rock Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lambson is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Massey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kennedyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Queen Anne
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Willoughby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Roe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Ingleside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Centreville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Price
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Bloomingdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Barclay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Church Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Skipton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Kirkham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Wicomico County
- Sharptown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Hickman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Sandtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Adamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Harrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marydel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Felton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- New Castle County (DE)
- Vandyke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Briar Hook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Reliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Lincoln Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Heritage Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seaford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blades
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holly Hill Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Holly Hill Estates.
Cemeteries Near Holly Hill Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holly Hill Estates.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Holly Hill Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holly Hill Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ridgely Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Denton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bell Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ames Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteley Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Jarrell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bridgetown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgetown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Holly Hill Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holly Hill Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holly Hill Estates, with the one closest to Holly Hill Estates listed first.
- Ridgely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Denton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anthony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Greensboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hobbs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hobbs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Queen Anne
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Williston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williston is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Whiteleysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Andersontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andersontown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Burrsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Ruthsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bridgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Cordova
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holly Hill Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holly Hill Estates.
Newspapers Published in Holly Hill Estates ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly Hill Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holly Hill Estates, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holly Hill Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Holly Hill Estates:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Hill Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holly Hill Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |